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Crawford dealing with grass on zombie properties

During last month ’ s Town of Crawford Board meeting , the town officials discussed 19 properties that violated the Property Maintenance Code . Each of these properties exceeded the 10-inch growth limit .

Since then the town has mowed the properties on the list with overgrown grass and weeds .

Town of Crawford has created a new local law that now allows for the town to notify them once and have the grass mowed before it becomes even longer . They are given a public hearing in order to explain their situation and state whether they have or will take care of the violation . Although many of these homes are abandoned or foreclosed , they notify the owners , whether it ’ s a bank or a citizen , of the violation .

Although the banks have property managers , they do not keep up with these zombie homes as they should , Councilman Robert Sassi explained . They choose to pay the fine for the town to take care of the violation .

“ Without it , we have to keep notifying them and grass keeps growing so it becomes hard to keep notifying them . Now one notice covers the season ,” said Town Supervisor Charles Carnes .

At last month ’ s hearing they allowed for the property owners to come in attendance for the hearing . Only one man , Perry Walsh , came to explain that he had been out of the house for two years and the bank owned the home and thought they were taking care of it .

This month , they added two new properties to the list of the previous 19 that were taken care of , but neither owner showed up to the hearing .

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Maybrook Police

Stephen Stackhouse , 27 of Maybrook , was arrested on July 12 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child . He is scheduled to appear in village court on August 9 .

A 16-year-old male of Middletown was arrested on July 14 and charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing a Kawasaki Dirt bike . He is scheduled to appear in village court on August 9 .

Joshua Colon , 21 of Maspeth was arrested on July 16 and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and using a portable electronic device . He is scheduled to appear in village on August 9 .

Walden Police

Jeffrey Anderson 29 of Walden was arrested July 11 on a bench warrant out of the City of Middletown . He was turned over to the State Police .

Matthew Torres 36 of Walden was charged July 12 with assault 3rd and criminal contempt 1st . He was arraigned in village court and remanded to Orange County Jail .

Cassie Smith 28 of Port Jervis was charged July 12 with criminal contempt 2nd . She is scheduled to appear in village court on August 10 .

Adrian Venuti 25 of Walden was charged July 13 with menacing 2nd . She was arraigned in village court .

Antonio Cuesta 22 of Walden was charged July 19 with harassment 2nd . He is scheduled to appear in village court on August 10 .

Tori Forman 29 of Walden was arrested July 23 on a probation warrant . She was turned over to the Orange County Sheriff ’ s Department

Town of Montgomery Police

Melissa Taylor of Montgomery was arrested on July 24 and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation and operate motor vehicle by unlicensed driver .

Matthew Munson of Montgomery was arrested on July 24 and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana .

Dustin Lane of Rock Tavern was arrested on July 24 and charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation .

Avinash Bhagwandeen of Montgomery was arrested on July 23 and charged with driving while intoxicated .

Edwin Hering of Montgomery was arrested on July 19 on a bench warrant .

Edward Barnes of Montgomery was arrested on July 18 and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana .

Town of Shawangunk Police

Fabian R . Nieves , 23 of Wallkill was charged with criminal possession of a control substance 4th degree , criminal possession of a control substance in the 3rd degree , unlawful possession of marijuana and an equipment violation on June 30 and was arraigned

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before Town of Plattekill Court and was released on $ 5000 cash bail to return to Shawangunk Court on July 6 .

Christopher J . Lewis , 47 of Highland Falls was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle on July 1 and released and is to appear in Shawangunk Justice Court on August 9 .

David M . Mattison , 26 of Wallkill was charged with Assault on May 9 and was arraigned before Rosendale Town Justice and was sent to Ulster County Jail in lieu of $ 500 cash and was to appear in Shawangunk Justice Court July 11 .

Jade A . Lofaro , 23 of New Paltz was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and failure to stop at a stop sign on July 5 and was released and was to appear in Shawangunk Justice Court on July 12 .

Nicholas J . Sebesta , 18 of Wallkill was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle on July 9 and was released to appear in Shawangunk Justice Court on August 16 .

Trevor Hunt , 26 of Pine Bush was arrested on an active warrant for his arrest on July 15 and arraigned before Shawangunk Justice Court and released on $ 500 cash bail and is to appear in Shawangunk Justice Court on July 25 .

Town of Wallkill Police

A grenade and several weapons were removed from a house in the Town of Wallkill .

On Tuesday , July 1 , Officers Thomas Santosuosso and Dane Wakefield responded to a report of “ Found Property ” at 4 Grosvenor Mews . Upon arrival , officers met the resident of the home , who reported that a hand grenade and three handguns were found in the home . According to the resident , while going through the property of a deceased relative , the foregoing items were found . The resident , along with the neighbors , were evacuated while a bomb technician from the New York State Police removed the hand grenade from the home . Members of the Mechanictsown Fire Department responded and assisted .

State Police at Montgomery

The New York State Police in Montgomery announce the arrest of David L . Matos , 22 , of Walden , for Criminal Sexual Act 3rd , a class E Felony and Forcible Touching , a class A Misdemeanor . According to State Police , Matos subjected a female victim to inappropriate and unwanted sexual contact while she was sleeping .

Matos was issued an appearance ticket and is to return to the Village of Walden Court on August 10 , at 3 p . m .

A criminal charge is an allegation that a defendant has committed a violation of the criminal law , and it is not evidence of guilt . All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial , during which it will be the State of New York ’ s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt .

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